Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes. New Living Translation So I took the stone tablets and threw them to the ground, smashing them before your eyes. English Standard Version So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes. Berean Standard Bible So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes. King James Bible And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. New King James Version Then I took the two tablets and threw them out of my two hands and broke them before your eyes. New American Standard Bible So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my two hands, and smashed them to pieces before your eyes! NASB 1995 “I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and smashed them before your eyes. NASB 1977 “And I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, and smashed them before your eyes. Legacy Standard Bible And I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and shattered them before your eyes. Amplified Bible So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my two hands and smashed them before your very eyes! Christian Standard Bible So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes. Holman Christian Standard Bible So I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands, shattering them before your eyes. American Standard Version And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. Contemporary English Version So I threw down the two stones and smashed them before your very eyes. English Revised Version And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. GOD'S WORD® Translation I took the two tablets, threw them down, and smashed them in front of you. Good News Translation So there in front of you I threw the stone tablets down and broke them to pieces. International Standard Version So I grabbed the two tablets and then threw them out of my hands, breaking them before your eyes. Majority Standard Bible So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes. NET Bible I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes. New Heart English Bible I took hold of the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. Webster's Bible Translation And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. World English Bible I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I lay hold on the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes, Young's Literal Translation 'And I lay hold on the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and break them before your eyes, Smith's Literal Translation And I shall lay hold upon the two tables and I shall cast them from out of my two hands, and shall break them before your eyes. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI cast the tables out of my hands, and broke them in your sight. Catholic Public Domain Version I threw down the tablets from my hands, and I broke them in your sight. New American Bible I took hold of the two tablets and with both hands cast them from me and broke them before your eyes. New Revised Standard Version So I took hold of the two tablets and flung them from my two hands, smashing them before your eyes. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd I took the two tablets, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And I seized both of the tablets and I cast them from both my hands and I broke them in your sight. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. Brenton Septuagint Translation then I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before you. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Golden Calf…16And I saw how you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the LORD had commanded you. 17So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, shattering them before your eyes. 18Then I fell down before the LORD for forty days and forty nights, as I had done the first time. I did not eat bread or drink water because of all the sin you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD and provoking Him to anger.… Cross References Exodus 32:19 As Moses approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, he burned with anger and threw the tablets out of his hands, shattering them at the base of the mountain. 1 Kings 19:10 “I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well.” Nehemiah 9:18 Even when they cast for themselves an image of a calf and said, ‘This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,’ and when they committed terrible blasphemies, Psalm 106:19-20 At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image. / They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox. Acts 7:41 At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. 1 Corinthians 10:7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.” Exodus 32:15-16 Then Moses turned and went down the mountain with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands. They were inscribed on both sides, front and back. / The tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. Exodus 34:1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, and I will write on them the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 Kings 17:16 They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal. 2 Chronicles 34:21 “Go and inquire of the LORD for me and for those remaining in Israel and Judah concerning the words in the book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that has been poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD by doing all that is written in this book.” Jeremiah 19:10-11 Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you, / and you are to proclaim to them that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I will shatter this nation and this city, like one shatters a potter’s jar that can never again be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them. Isaiah 30:8-14 Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever. / These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. ... Hosea 8:5-6 He has rejected your calf, O Samaria. My anger burns against them. How long will they be incapable of innocence? / For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria. Romans 1:23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. Galatians 4:24-25 These things serve as illustrations, for the women represent two covenants. One covenant is from Mount Sinai and bears children into slavery: This is Hagar. / Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children. Treasury of Scripture And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. Jump to Previous Brake Break Breaking Broke Broken Cast Eyes Hands Hold Lay Pieces Seized Smashed Stones Tables Tablets ThrewJump to Next Brake Break Breaking Broke Broken Cast Eyes Hands Hold Lay Pieces Seized Smashed Stones Tables Tablets ThrewDeuteronomy 9 1. Moses dissuades them from the opinion of their own righteousness7. Moses reminds them of the golden calf So I took the two tablets The two tablets refer to the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, which Moses received from God on Mount Sinai. These tablets symbolize God's covenant with Israel, representing His law and divine will. The act of taking the tablets signifies Moses' role as the mediator between God and the Israelites, entrusted with conveying God's commandments to His people. and threw them out of my hands shattering them before your eyes Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe leader of the Israelites who received the Ten Commandments from God on Mount Sinai. He is the central figure in this passage, acting as an intermediary between God and the people. 2. The Israelites The people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and were journeying to the Promised Land. They are the recipients of the Law and the ones who provoked Moses' action by their idolatry. 3. Mount Sinai The mountain where Moses received the Ten Commandments from God. It is a significant place of divine revelation and covenant. 4. The Golden Calf Incident The event where the Israelites, in Moses' absence, created and worshiped a golden calf, breaking the covenant with God. 5. The Two Tablets The stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, representing God's covenant with His people. Teaching Points The Seriousness of IdolatryIdolatry is a grave sin that breaks our covenant relationship with God. The Israelites' worship of the golden calf serves as a warning against placing anything above God in our lives. The Role of Righteous Anger Moses' action of breaking the tablets was a demonstration of righteous anger against sin. It is important to discern when anger is justified and how it should be expressed in a way that honors God. The Importance of Covenant Faithfulness The shattering of the tablets symbolizes the breaking of the covenant. We are called to remain faithful to God’s commandments and to seek His forgiveness when we fall short. God’s Mercy and Restoration Despite the Israelites' sin, God provided a second set of tablets, showing His willingness to forgive and restore. This encourages us to repent and trust in God’s mercy. Leadership and Intercession Moses' actions highlight the role of a leader in interceding for the people and guiding them back to God. We are called to pray for and lead others towards righteousness.(17) I . . . brake them before your eyes.--This shows that the act was deliberate on Moses' part. He did not simply drop the tables in his passion before they reached the camp; he deliberately broke the material covenant in the face of the people, who had broken the covenant itself. When we remember the effect of hastily touching not the tables of the Law themselves, but the mere chest that contained them, in after-times, we may well believe that the breaking of these two tables was an act necessary for the safety of Israel. In Exodus 33:7, we read that Moses placed the temporary tabernacle outside the camp at the same time. The two actions seem to have had the same significance, and to have been done for the same reason.Verse 17. - Moses cast from him the two tables of stone on which God had inscribed the words of the Law, and broke them in pieces in the view of the people, when he came down from the mount and saw how they had turned aside from the right way, and were become idolaters. This was not the effect of a burst of indignation on his part; it was a solemn declaration that the covenant of God with his people had been nullified and broken by their sinful apostasy. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew So I took holdוָאֶתְפֹּשׂ֙ (wā·’eṯ·pōś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably of the two בִּשְׁנֵ֣י (biš·nê) Preposition-b | Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) tablets הַלֻּחֹ֔ת (hal·lu·ḥōṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3871: To glisten, a tablet, of stone, wood, metal and threw וָֽאַשְׁלִכֵ֔ם (wā·’aš·li·ḵêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away them out of מֵעַ֖ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against my hands, יָדָ֑י (yā·ḏāy) Noun - fdc | first person common singular Strong's 3027: A hand shattering וָאֲשַׁבְּרֵ֖ם (wā·’ă·šab·bə·rêm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces them before your eyes. לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ (lə·‘ê·nê·ḵem) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain Links Deuteronomy 9:17 NIVDeuteronomy 9:17 NLT Deuteronomy 9:17 ESV Deuteronomy 9:17 NASB Deuteronomy 9:17 KJV Deuteronomy 9:17 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 9:17 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 9:17 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 9:17 French Bible Deuteronomy 9:17 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 9:17 I took hold of the two tables (Deut. 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